Would be glad to help out, but am somewhat illiterate as to where the channel is. Cannot seem to find it on slashnet website. Any assistance is appreciated at prcastagna at hotmail dot com.
Thanks,
Phil
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- Sat May 08, 2010 6:23 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: CULT IRC Playtesting Schedule
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2812
- Sat Feb 07, 2009 6:15 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: NAQT Sectionals and TIT Mirror @ MSU (Feb7/8)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4896
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: NAQT Sectionals and TIT Mirror @ MSU (Feb7/8)
It was the Andy Sidaris Spectacular.
Phil Castagna
Georgetown 1995-99
Phil Castagna
Georgetown 1995-99
- Wed May 28, 2008 12:02 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6459
Re: Larissa Kelly Cleans Up on Jeopardy!
Guess this is the best place to post congrats. Last night's game, coming back in Double Jeopardy with both Daily Doubles gone to retake the lead was one of the more exciting games I'd seen in a while.
Phil Castagna, former Georgetown and Villanova
Phil Castagna, former Georgetown and Villanova
- Mon May 26, 2008 11:51 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ANNOUNCEMENT: Experimental Tournament, 5/24
- Replies: 82
- Views: 29301
Re: ANNOUNCEMENT: Experimental Tournament, 5/24
Sorry to be a little out of the loop, but could someone do a post (or email me at prcastagna at hotmail dot com) that explains the experimental intricacies of this tourney? Were there changes other than the 20-15-10 structure of tossups and the "Khon Hoc" drafting of teams? Thanks, Phil Ca...
- Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:09 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Georgetown?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2930
Re: Georgetown?
They seem to have fallen dormant, but they did have an active circuit team for many years, and I was a member of those teams. If you would care to email me at prcastagna at hotmail dot com, I can tell you some more specifics that I know and possibly that there are buzzer systems and old questions ly...
- Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:43 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Too Ironic
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1587
Too Ironic
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=3110361
Apparently there is a "tournament" called the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) - that will stage a championship for teams that did not make the NCAAs or the NIT.
That is all,
Phil
Apparently there is a "tournament" called the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) - that will stage a championship for teams that did not make the NCAAs or the NIT.
That is all,
Phil
- Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:40 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TTGT 11 Discussion
- Replies: 87
- Views: 29153
Theme Packets in General
For years, I skipped the theme packet Saturday night at TRASHionals, even if there were packets on subjects I liked, because without the "built-in" idea of losing to keep people from negging all the time, they were no fun to play. When I did play, there were usually six words read before s...
- Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:51 am
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gimmick rules at trash tournaments
- Replies: 11
- Views: 5174
The screw rule...
I remember playing this at Andy Goss's singles trash tourney, but the question wasn't finished out. Therefore, the first person to use it just was retaliated against by the screwee, and it just was a pain. I don't think it serves much purpose in a full-room game to finish out the question, since mos...
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:17 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Objects of Interest
- Replies: 46
- Views: 20915
Keenans
Flax, Actually, Craig's 1st TRASHionals actually was TRASHionals III in Cleveland. It used to be held on CBI weekend, so Craig was not there. IIRC, you could play TRASHionals for $1 if you turned down your CBI bid, and we were very close my junior year to winning the CBI region, and we might have co...
- Mon Apr 30, 2007 1:07 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Objects of Interest
- Replies: 46
- Views: 20915
TRASHionals Undergrads and other musings
At TRASHionals II (1999) in State College, an all-undergrad team (but not from the same school) won TRASHionals (Kenny Peskin, Anthony DeJesus, Ryan Seibel, don't remember the 4th). The same year, my team finished 3rd as an all-undergrad team (yes, I was in college once!) I don't think that could ha...
- Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:29 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ABD (and mirrors) discussion
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6500
"Gimmick" Rules
I think the problem with the "Gimmick" Rules, is that people play so few tournaments, especially trash, that they are reluctant to fool around with them on the limited sets of questions on which they do get to play. While I have played in some sink/steal tournaments (fun, but breeds resent...
- Tue Jan 30, 2007 11:57 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: ASS @ Maryland - 1/28
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4633
ASS
Well, last time I played in a Maryland Trash Tourney, the initials stood for Andy Sedearis Spectacular. I thought the set and the themes were good. Writing in theme is very difficult, and I thought that the writing was pretty good overall. I thought that the answer choices were good, as the amount o...
- Fri Dec 15, 2006 3:27 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: TrashMasters 12/2/06: preliminary announcement
- Replies: 7
- Views: 4748
TM 2006
Who actually won the tournament, if Greg was out buying a new Wii
Phil
Phil
- Wed Nov 15, 2006 5:33 pm
- Forum: High school area archives
- Topic: Worst Question EVER...
- Replies: 92
- Views: 39096
Worst Question
For the dinosaurs out there.... The "Hare Krishna - Muppet Movie" running gag of..... 1. Who wrote Paradise Lost? the next year - Who wrote "Who wrote Paradise Lost"? 2 years later - Who wrote "Who wrote "Who wrote Paraside Lost"? To explain, #1 was the in toto tos...
- Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:58 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: SEC tournament?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 14033
NAQT 1997-99
I don't remember any conference-type affiliation then. At Georgetown, we'd be playing teams like Maryland, GW. and UVA that John Thompson habitually ducked. We'd have fared better against Cal-State Sacramento, Southern University - New Orleans, St. Leo's, Rider, or any of the other cupcakes JT used ...
- Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:53 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Gottfried Keller Results
- Replies: 31
- Views: 14799
Trash answers
Being "unfamiliar" is different from being able to come up with the correct answer in a 5-second time frame. I am "familiar" with many bands, but being able to pull a correct answer on a band that doesn't have a big-time hit single is a tough endeavor, where lack of depth of know...
- Fri Aug 04, 2006 2:36 pm
- Forum: College area archives
- Topic: Ideal trashy distribution?
- Replies: 32
- Views: 16014
Trash Distribution
Well, To answer Jerry et al., I've never heard of Battlefield 1942 or Diablo (I'm under 30). I am vaguely aware that Warcraft is a game of some sort, and I've never played any Sim or Civ game in my life. I would however, answer a question on any Mike Tyson fighter in about 7 words. I just think this...
- Tue May 09, 2006 11:41 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: The Theory of Tiebreakers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 36222
Total Points
My problem with total points is when the concept of a clock is in play, this can get skewed. I applaud NAQT's efforts to get experienced and "professional" moderators at tournament sites, but many of them simply cannot get through 28/28 a round, or 14/14 for a 9-minute interval (myself inc...
- Tue May 09, 2006 10:39 am
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: The Theory of Tiebreakers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 36222
Tiebreakers
I don't see why points per bonus shouldn't always be used. My biggest pet peeve with tournaments has been sitting around waiting for circles of death to be broken or ties to be decided. More time is lost here than anywhere else in tournaments that run on needlessly. This also eliminates the slow rea...
- Fri Apr 21, 2006 11:44 pm
- Forum: Best of the Best
- Topic: Underwhelmed
- Replies: 141
- Views: 162956
NAQT Modifications
After reading this discussion thread, I have a question for Jerry, Chris, Matt...(I don't mean to say you all think in lockstep on everything, this is more of a general query to anyone) Aside from the centrally-written vs. team written and playing on a clock, and if NAQT took all of your suggestions...